Job Description
Title: Sr. Adolescent and Youth Officer
Company Name: World Vision Bangladesh Rohingya Crisis Response (WV BRCR)
Vacancy: 1
Job Location: Cox's Bazar (Ukhia)
Employment Status: Contractual
Educational Requirements:
∎ Bachelor’s degree preferably in any discipline preferably in social science/Social welfare/ Psychology/Anthropology/Law/Gender studies.
∎ Postgraduate degree
Experience Requirements:
∎ At least 3 year(s)
Job Responsibilities:
∎ To Support the adolescents and youth engagement activities to achieve the organizational vision, mission, and program objectives.
∎ To support technical and operational to all the life skill base activities, adolescent and youth engagement.
∎ To implement all life skill base activities, (training, session, adaptation) at the field level in coordination with other senior prevention psychologies, senior training officers, senior adolescent and youth officers, and Caseworkers and in consultation with the project manager, /Sector lead
∎ To ensure timely and proper implementation of activities that she assigned
∎ write up activity reports upon completion of every activity.
∎ Advance Knowledge of MS Word, Excel, remote communication, PowerPoint presentation, and report generation.
∎ Prepare work plan according to the program document and WV policy and maintain it strictly.
∎ Adhere to and dedicatedly promote the women-, girl- and survivor-centered support approach, and the GBV guiding principles.
∎ Consult and work with adolescent girls in the Centers to identify their needs, interests, and priorities, and what's important to them, and where possible, adapt activities according to these to ensure activities offered are culturally appropriate and meet the needs of adolescent’s girls.
∎ Motivate and ensure teamwork among women and girl’s safe spaces’ case workers, and volunteer, for greater ministry impact, in the community.
∎ Work in liaison with CiC, Camp management agencies, service providers, community leaders, and other stakeholders to ensure effective project implementation.
∎ Build positive, productive, trusting connections with adolescent girls, their parents/careers and their communities, ensuring to maintain professional boundaries and humanitarian ethics at all times.
∎ Strictly adhere to GBV guiding principles while engaging with AG and their parents/caregivers.
∎ Supervise and capacitate mentors formally and informally to provide quality life skill sessions through training, daily mentoring, weekly meeting, and applying regular knowledge and skills assessment tools.
∎ Support in contextualization and adaptation of the Girl Shine Curriculum into the local and Rohingya community context.
∎ Conduct Adolescent Girls Programming-related capacity-building training for mentors, community leaders, implementing partners, and parents/caregivers.
∎ Coordinate with Sr. Response officer, Sr. skill building training officer, and psychologist for smooth implementation of life skill base curriculum at WGSS.
∎ Directly engage with adolescent girls and parents as required, and work with mentors to ensure the quality of the program.
∎ Build a relationship with all relevant GBV program stakeholders, community leaders, and parents/caregivers in the camp and the local community to encourage greater communication, collaboration, and coordination.
∎ Prepare events reports, activity reports, monthly, and quarterly progress, and narrative report in collaboration with Coordinator and project manager.
∎ Take full responsibility for documentation of AG&Y activities.
∎ Enhance and train prevention-response officers, case management associates and officers’ hosts, and Rohingya volunteers on different life skill curricula.
∎ Conduct capacity-building training on girl shine, COC, and other curricula according to need.
∎ Build positive, productive, trusting connections with adolescent girls, their parents/careers, and their communities, ensuring to maintain of professional boundaries and humanitarian ethics at all times.
∎ Assist with dignity kit distributions, appropriate messaging, and feedback from adolescent girls on dignity kits and other discretionary items provided.
∎ Establish and liaise closely with other partners, agencies, and local leaders regarding project activities to ensure a coordinated approach to project implementation, including participation in relevant workshops, and meetings and to keep the coordinator informed.
∎ Participate in interagency assessments.
∎ Prepare sub-project proposals, purchase requests, and relevant documents in advance to facilitate the implementation of planned activities.
∎ Track and manage project budget lines assigned.
∎ Maintaining effective communication with finance, and supply chain for smooth implementation of activities.
Additional Requirements:
∎ Age 30 to 35 years
∎ Clear Understanding of the issues the project has to work on.
∎ Clear understanding of life skill curriculum, girls shine.
∎ Knowledge of current development and emergency issues
∎ Good conceptual and practical skills in case management and information management system.
∎ Good knowledge and skills in forecasting and budgeting
∎ The baseline survey, Evaluation, and Monitoring process and tools.
∎ Good facilitation skills in Training, Seminars, and Advocacy programs.
∎ Proven management and leadership ability
∎ Good communication and networking skills
∎ Chittagong/Rohingya language skills will be a strong consideration. Good command of English & Bengali, both written and verbal.
∎ Decision-making and conflict-resolution skills
∎ Competent in using MS Word, MS Excel, and PowerPoint presentation.
∎ Ability to work under stressful conditions and adapt to local culture and situation.
∎ Minimum of 3-5 years working experience in the relevant field
∎ World Vision experience
∎ Must be willing and able to travel in the camp location five days in a week.
∎ Project locations are in remote areas in refugee camps. Staff is expected to live in his/her base location.
Salary: Negotiable
Compensation & Other Benefits:
∎ Mobile bill, Medical allowance, Weekly 2 holidays, Insurance
∎ Festival Bonus: 1
Job Source: Bdjobs.com Online Job Posting.
Application Deadline: 19 May 2023
Company Information:
∎ 12 May 2023
∎ World Vision Bangladesh Rohingya Crisis Response (WV BRCR)
∎ Address : Sayeman Heritage Residence, Second Floor, Block - B, Sayeman Road, Baharchora, Cox's Bazar -4700
∎ Web : http://www.wvi.org/bangladesh
Category: NGO/Development
: World Vision is committed to first do no harm to children or adult beneficiaries, to respect the rights of all beneficiaries, and to uphold the best interests of children as a primary consideration in all actions and decisions; accordingly all the recruits will go through specific checks and compliance procedures in accordance to its Child and Adult Safeguarding Policy.World Vision Bangladesh has zero tolerance towards incidents of violence or abuse against children or adults, including sexual exploitation or abuse, committed either by employees or others affiliated with our work. World Vision Bangladesh as Child Safe Organization discourages anyone to apply with prior record of conviction related with child neglect, abuse and exploitation.
